Is ER nursing Floor nursing???

[zaga21]

This may be a dumb question but is ER nursing considered to be floor nursing? Do you do as much of the not so pleasant codes, bringing food and other things I really don't like so much about floor nursing? What other areas are considered to be non floor nursing positions? Cath lab? Thanks for any input.

[Fribblet]

Is ER nursing floor nursing? Actually, I find it interesting that allnurses doesn't list ER nursing as Critical Care, since the rest of the nursing world regards it as such.

Poppin' in to say that this is false. The rest of the world does not consider ER to be critical care.

[soapaddictOH]

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hehehe... sorry I had to post this! :redpinkhe

ER nursing vs floor nursing will always have it's debates. I do know that I love having my docs around, and that we can start protocols for patients when they roll in the door. Having lab results, and the patient being pain and nausea free by the time the doc sees them is nice. I get so frustrated calling report to the floor and being told that they can't accept a pt with a BP of 175/86 because it's too high. The ER docs don't generally treat a pressure like that, especially if the pt is hypertensive and missed a dose of meds. Or that a glucose of 260 needs insulin before the pt can come up. Ugh!

I think that in floor vs ER there are different priorities. Most of the patients on a regular floor are stable once they are admitted, not so in the ER. I can have 4 patients with very high acuities and have to do everything myself, if the unit is slammin' busy. Not that the floors aren't busy, but their busy is a different kind of busy.

I can never refuse a patient, and I don't understand why the floors can.

I also started working part time at a LTC facility and that is another whole ball of wax... I like it, it's more laid back and not so stressful.

[hiddencatRN, BSN, RN]

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